Curated by DePauw alum Naiomy Guerrero, Willis “Bing” Davis: I’ve Known Rivers features mixed media works, photographs, ceramics, paintings, and installations that reflect Davis’ global travels and ...

Since structuralism in literary studies is largely of French origin, let this attempt to ruin its reputation have as its motto the words of a Frenchman, Pierre Bertaux: At one time it was hoped that ...

We accept the lure of annihilation, only to discover that it is a temporary condition, a gateway to renewal and rebirth. This is perhaps the most pervasive theme in all the world’s religious myth and ...

Such a statement requires not only justification but considerable elaboration. Written science fiction is, of course, literature, although science fiction in other media (films, drama, perhaps even ...

The utopia (eutopia, dystopia, or utopian satire), defined as a species of prose fiction that describes in some detail a non-existent society located in time and space, has been ill served by ...

We are excited to welcome all alumni home to DePauw for A Bold and Gold Weekend 2026, and if your class year ends in a 6 or a 1, or you are a member of the recently graduated Class of 2025, this is ...

ARTICLES SPECIAL ISSUE ON CHINESE SCIENCE FICTION (Edited by Yan Wu and Veronica Hollinger) Yan Wu. “Great Wall Planet”: Introducing Chinese Science Fiction Han Song. Chinese Science Fiction: A ...

One of the great early socialists said that the status of women in a society is a pretty reliable index of the degree of civilization of that society. If this is true, then the very low status of ...

The educational mission of the galleries and collections at DePauw University is to inspire and engage diverse audiences through our collections, exhibitions and public programming, and to stimulate ...

1. Never did it occur to me that I would ever be this closely associated with the world of literature, especially as I to this day feel no particular fondness for it. Many roads lead into the ...

DePauw University strives to maximize student potential by providing reasonable accommodations that ensure equal access to both the campus living and academic environments. DePauw University is ...

When Baudrillard writes that we live in an age of simulacra, he is not wrong. The phenomena he describes can be observed in corner video stores, supermarket aisles, and neighborhood gas stations as ...